Here’s what we know about Android 13 so far

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Ahead of the arrival of Android 12L, Android phone users are getting a sneak peek at what could be some of the features coming to Android 13 “Tiramisu” next year. Based on this early look, Google’s mobile operating system upgrade could provide improvements to notifications, battery management, and the way apps handle different languages.

Before we dive into the details, the folks at XDA Developers discovered these features citing a “source with access to a very early Android 13 build” who shared screenshots that the site says has a “very high level of confidence” in this certainly looks promising, but it means Any of these features could change between now and the official launch of Android 13, which is expected to roll out to the public in September/October next year.

I also want to talk about the internal code name “Tiramisu”. Android used to name its operating system after candy-themed snacks but stopped at Android 10 (probably because Quince Tart didn’t fall off the tongue). So, while the Italian delicacy is often referred to as coffee flavored, the next version will almost certainly be called Android 13.

As for the new features, one of the most promising is a new runtime permission for notifications. This may not sound very interesting but it does indicate that the permission to pop up prompts will become subscribable, and will not be granted automatically. We’re excited because this is XDA’s best guess about an untested feature, despite seeing it in Settings.

Another change that Google is making with Android 13 appears to be giving users the ability to set languages ​​on a per-app basis instead of having a global language set in the main settings. The feature may be useful for frequent travelers or those who speak multiple languages. The feature is called “Panlingual”, and it is currently in the new “App Languages” setting.

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We all struggle to keep our phones from turning on before we hit an outlet, so it’s encouraging to see Google trying to stop power-hungry apps from chewing up battery life. Android 13 can offer something called “Android Resource Economy” where apps are given credits based on the device’s battery level. This “currency” can be traded to perform certain tasks. It is assumed that the closer the device gets to the overshoot, the fewer credits will be awarded to the apps.

Finally, it appears that Google is manipulating the lock screen clock so that users can keep it on one line and prevent it from expanding to two lines when there are no notifications, as now.

Android 13’s user interface looks identical to the current one, although this is to be expected given that the operating system didn’t even enter its first developer preview, not less than the first of usually several betas. If history repeats itself (and it happens often), Android 13 will be announced early next year before going into a beta build in the spring and releasing it to the public in the early fall.

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